The Commander of
the Faithful, the Gateway of Knowledge, Imam Ali (a.s.) said:
“O Servants of Allah! The state in the grave
of a person whose sins are not forgiven is more horrifying than death itself. Fear its (grave’s)
narrowness, its squeezing, its imprisonment, and its loneliness. Verily the
grave calls out daily: I
am the house of loneliness, of terror and worms. Grave is like a garden of
Paradise for pious, while
it is a dungeon of Hell for the evil doer. Allah tells His enemies that He will
send ninety nine serpents in their
graves, which will tear their flesh and smash their bones, and this punishment
will continue till the outbreak
of Qiymat. If one of these serpents exhales towards this earth, all plants and
trees will be destroyed. O
servants of Allah! your souls are tender and your bodies delicate, you cannot
confront an ordinary serpent of this
world, and how then will you face
them?”
Following are the
acts (a’maal) to save one from the squeeze in the grave:
The Commander of
the Faithful (a.s.) said that a person who recites Surah al-Nisa every Friday will remain safe.
A person who recites Surah
al-Zukhruf, Allah will save him from the reptiles of the earth and squeeze.
A person who recites Surah
al-Qalam in obligatory prayers or Nafela will remain safe.
Imam Jafar alSadiq
(a.s.) said that a person dies between the sunset of Thursday and the sunset of Friday will be safe.
Imam Ali al-Reza
(a.s.) said that if a person recites Night
Prayers in the last part of the night, Allah will save him from the squeeze
of the grave, grant him immunity from the Hell-Fire, and will increase his age
and sustenance.
The Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.) said that if a person recites Surah al-Takasur before going to bed, he will be safe.
A person who is buried
in Najaf al-Ashraf will not only be safe from squeeze but also the questioning
by Munkir Nakir.
Put two wet sticks or branches in the grave. It is
narrated that once the Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.) was passing by a grave and saw that Allah’s wrath was
descending on a grave, he asked for 2
wet branches and placed on the upper and lower side of the grave. Sprinkling water on the grave is also helpful.
A person, who recites 10 rakat namaz on 1st. of Rajab such that in every rakat
after Surah al-Hamd, recites 3 times Surah al-Tawheed, will be safe from the squeeze.
Fast 4 days in the
month of Rajab or 12 days in the month of Sha’baan.
The Noble Prophet
(s.a.w.a.s.) said: “Verily, reciting Surah
al-Mulk frees a person from the punishment in the grave.
It is narrated by Qutubaddin Rawandi in Da’waat that the Noble Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) said
that when a person is being buried
and someone recites the following
supplication 3 times, the corpse
will remain safe from the punishment in the grave till the Day of Qiyamat: “Allahhumma
inni as-aloka be’haqqe Muhammadin wa Ale Muhammadain alla to’azzib ha’zal
maiyyat.”
Shaykh Tusi in his
Misbahul Mutahajjid relates that the Noble
Prophet (s.a.w.a.s.) said that if a person recites 2 rakat namaz on Friday
night such that in each rakat after Surah
al-Hamd recite 15 times Surah az-Zalzal, then Allah will free him from the
punishment in the grave, and save him from fear on the Day of Qiyamat.
Recite 30 rakat of
namaz in the middle of Rajab such that after Surah al-Hamd, recite 10 times
Surah al-Tawheed. Similarly, recite the same on 16th and 17th
of Rajab.
Keep “Khake Shafa”(the
soil from the grave of the King of the Martyrs, Imam Husayn (a.s.)) in the
shroud (kafan) or rub it on the parts of prostration (Sajdah).
It is narrated from Imam
Jafar al-Sadiq (a.s.) in “Anware No’maniya” that if 40 persons gather near the body and recite: “Allahhumma inna laa na’lamo minho illah khairan wa anta a’lamo behi
minna faghfirlahu” Allah will safeguard the man from the punishment in the
grave.
Reference:
Manazelul
A’khera (Stages of the Hereafter) by
Allama Shaikh Abbas Qummi (r.a.)
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